FFXIII timed PS3 exclusive, SO4 not Xbox360 exclusive

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The Fury said:

Pristine20 said:

The Fury said:
After SEs reason's for bringing out FFXIII on the 360 (financial?), surely it would be a contridiction to say SO4 is not coming to PS3 when money can be made.

Unless what M$ paid them is already enough to cover what extra money they don't make.

Award for the most sensible post on this thread. Its funny how 3rd party exclusives only fail when M$ is the beneficiary!

 

Cheers. SO4 could succeed on 360, but probably only in the US, it's going to fail in going to fail in Japan and won't make much of an impact in the EU. Development costs for it are surely, while not anywhere near FF levels, still very high and getting it out on as many consoles as possible is the best option, especially in Japan. Fans of the series (in Japan especially) have been playing it on Playstation systems since the PS1 (that's SO2 (ps1), SO3 (ps2) and the remakes for PSP).

 

Also, i think you are right on the front above, Sony won't pay for the exclusives, it's obvious M$ are willing to do that. the difference is, for Developer, that money paid to them covers the cost of development maybe and so more profit is made. In previous generations, Playstations have held fast as the main console, and if you want to make your money, releasing it on the PS1 only or the PS2 to make their money, this generation, that Playstation luxury is not an option. It's a much closer race that i feel M$ is buying an unfair advantage in.

SO4 could do quite well on the 360 in the US, especially since SO3 sold 740K in the US alone, all it takes is a little marketing.  I don't think it will fail in Japan, I think it could do 200K if not a little more in Japan alone since the series is fairly popular there.